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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bribe \Bribe\, verb (used without an object)
1. To commit robbery or theft. [Obs.]
2. To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.
An attempt to bribe, though unsuccessful, has been holden to be criminal, and the offender may be indicted. --Bouvier.
The bard may supplicate, but cannot bribe. --Goldsmith.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bribe \Bribe\ (br[imac]b), noun [F. bribe a lump of bread, scraps, leavings of meals (that are generally given to a beggar), LL. briba scrap of bread; cf. OF. briber, brifer, to eat gluttonously, to beg, and OHG. bilibi food.]
1. A gift begged; a present. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.
Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe. --Hobart.
3. That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these ever?blooming sweets. --Akenside.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bribe \Bribe\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bribed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bribing}.]
1. To rob or steal. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.
Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience. --F. W. Robertson.
3. To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bribe
noun: payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment [syn: {payoff}]
verb: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [syn: {corrupt}, {buy}, {grease one's palms}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "bribe": Trinkgeld, approach, bait, bonus, boodle, bounty, bribe money, buy, buy off, carrot, consideration, corrupt, donative, double time, encouragement, fee, fillip, fix, get at, get to, graft, gratification, gratuity, gravy, grease, grease the palm, have, honorarium, hush money, incentive, incentive pay, incitement, inducement, instigate, interest, invitation, kickback, lagniappe, largess, liberality, lubricate, lure, oil, palm oil, pay off, payment, payoff, payola, percentage, perks, perquisite, persuasive, pourboire, premium, profit, protection, provocation, purchase, reach, reward, salve, soften up, something extra, sop, sportula, square, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, suborn, sweeten, sweetener, sweetening, take care of, tamper with, tickle the palm, tip, whet
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bribe None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).
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